Chapter 7 part I
10/30/14 Chapter 7 Conceptual Development:
concepts something conceived
help us understand reality and make sense of the world
perspective on concepts
nativists innate understanding of concepts
empiricists not case unless you have experie

11/6/14 Chapter 8 Intelligence and Academic Achievement
video the baby human with Aguilar
born with capacity to reason, think, and search for truth
at 12 inches, can see contrast of light and dark
at 6 inches, better discerning of features
face recognitio

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Theories of
Social Development
Chapter 9
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Social psychology & development
Social psychology: how humans
are influenced by oth

Current Perspectives
Important theoretical contributions
supported by research
BUT
incomplete account, biological factors?
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Ecological Theories
of Development
2"
child s active role
The bioecological model - effect of
context
Ethological and evolu

Notes On the Videos and Readings
Genie video
Isolated for first 10 years of life had no life experiences.
mental age increased every year after she was found.
Past criticial age of puberty, still learning first language
- could learn vocab but could not p

Reading a Psychology Research Article
These suggestions may help you efficiently read articles that describe psychological research.
1. First read the Abstract. It summarizes the research questions, methods, and findings. Try to restate
the abstract in yo

Child Development, July August 2011, Volume 82, Number 4, Pages 11991209
Transition From Crawling to Walking and Infants Actions
With Objects and People
Lana B. Karasik, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, and Karen E. Adolph
New York University
Associations betw

Pinker.qxd
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Steven Pinker
Why nature & nurture
wont go away
W
hen Richard Mulcaster referred in
1581 to that treasure . . . bestowed on
them by nature, to be bettered in them
by nurture, he gave the world a euphonious name for an op

Exam 1 corrections:
48. spencer state previpus research on fetal learning suffered from several methodological
weaknesses. These include all of the following but:
not having large enough sample size
not being randomized
not being prospective
not using a n

Chapter 1 and 2 Recitation Review
Chapter 1 review:
John locke
Tabula rasa
Roussea
maximum freedom in the beginning kids should develop at own pace
Darwin theory of evolution
Systematic process
Need to look at kids as if they were animals
Watson
Behaviori

Last class:
Obser
Reliability and Validity
Sources of Bias (Cultural Bias)
BAD THING
Everything you learn in psychology is about less than 5%
of the population and everything you learn in
Developmental Psychology is generalized from that small
population

Separation Anxiety Disorder and School Refusal in Children and Adolescents
Gregory L. Hanna, Daniel J. Fischer and Thomas E. Fluent
Pediatrics in Review 2006;27;56
DOI: 10.1542/pir.27-2-56
The online version of this article, along with updated information

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I would recommend this course if you are interested in the development of children- or if you are curious about our own psychological develeopment.

Course highlights:

The highlights of the course was Dr. Melzi's own interest and personal references to the work. She really engages her students and makes the class both interesting and relatable.

Hours per week:

3-5 hours

Advice for students:

READ THE TEXTBOOK and GO TO CLASS. She goes over a lot of practice questiosn that might be on the exam.

Course Term:Fall 2016

Professor:Melzi

Course Required?Yes

Course Tags:Great Intro to the SubjectAlways Do the ReadingGreat Discussions

Apr 14, 2016

| Would highly recommend.

Not too easy. Not too difficult.

Course Overview:

Professor Adolph is a phenomenal professor. She is clear, passionate about what she teaches, and straight-forward about the structure of the class. The exams were not too hard, as long as you attend lecture and pay attention to what she calls "take-home points." The material was also very interesting, but I am biased, since it's related to a field that I want to work in. You don't need a textbook.

Course highlights:

I gained a better perspective about development, which is interesting since technically we are at an age where we are still developing (our brains). One of the highlights is that you learn about how Professor Adolph disproved the visual cliff theory that babies do not crawl over the cliff due to fear, which is a very popular study taught in most Psych 101 classes. Highly recommend this class and professor!

Hours per week:

3-5 hours

Advice for students:

Attend lecture. If you don't, the T.A.s are good at covering the material in recitation. For the paper, follow her instructions as carefully as possible, because they will mark you off for things as small as using the wrong font.